A presentation at The Design + Accessibility Summit by Carie Fisher
Learn about audio and video accessibility and how to make your next video more inclusive
Carie Fisher (she/her) Director of Digital Accessibility at Testlio HCI Ph.D. Candidate at Iowa State University Author of Google’s “Learn Accessibility” course
Captions Transcripts Audio Descriptions Sign Language Interpretation
Includes text synchronized with multimedia. Primarily for people who cannot hear the spoken words. Are considered either “open” or “closed” but are not subtitles.
“Some deaf people say auto-captions are NOT better than nothing. Some deaf people say automatic captions ARE better than nothing. Personally, I’d rather see no captions than watch automatic captions. Sure, I’m disappointed there aren’t captions but I avoid the painful experience of notoriously bad captions.” - Meryl Evans
Similar to captions but include more details and time-stamps. Text-based document of spoken words and speaker identification. Can include sound effects and other visual description.
Include a narrator who explains visual information verbally. Convey visual info that dialogue and other sounds cannot. Primarily help people who are blind or have low vision.
A video or live-stream of an interpreter. For many people who are Deaf it may be first/primary language. Can be cost-prohibitive to many organizations.
Create and upload media or host a live-stream. Allow time for the file to be processed. Modify captions manually or upload an externally generated media or live-stream caption. Review captioning results and download the transcript.
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Have you ever wanted to watch a live event but couldn’t find your headphones, so you turned on the captions? Or maybe you didn’t quite catch the last few talking points from your favorite podcast, so you decided to read the transcript instead? If so, you probably understand the importance and convenience of having alternative ways to access audio and video content.
In this session, you’ll learn about the specific WCAG standards for audio-only, video-only, and multimedia content. We will explore methods and services for generating and managing captions and transcripts in your media and provide resources to help you get started with making inclusive media content. This knowledge will also help you design and build the appropriate layouts and features in your digital products to accommodate users with different environmental and sensory needs, such as the millions of people with hearing loss or visual impairment worldwide.
for free. You
can too.